Willow
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The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall.When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $57M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Willow returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $35M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $57M
- Release date
- May 20, 1988
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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